Sure, a report from the "Real Liberal Politics" site on a Democrat report means this is officially dead.
Well, you could try reading it yourself, but that would require actually using your brain. Never fear, I'm sure within a few days Fox and the other nutter propaganda sites will put together slide shows and cartoons to tell you what to think about it.
Speaking of which, does anyone else find it strange (and by strange, I mean completely predictable) that the nutter propaganda sites don't seem to have stories about this new report? I mean, these rags have obsessively, breathlessly covered every little IRS non-story they could contrive in their quest for "truth", but suddenly are mute when the Senate publishes a detailed, well-documented report. Fox, Daily Caller, The Hill, etc., either have ignored this report so far, or have it buried so well I didn't see it on their sites or on Google.
You could take Bowfinger's "they only accidentally discriminated against conservative groups" tact and look (marginally) less stupid.
Learn something, you defective tool. From this Senate report:
"The Subcommittee investigation has reached many of the same conclusions as the TIGTA audit of the 501(c)(4) application process. The Subcommittee investigation found that the IRS used inappropriate screening criteria when it flagged for increased scrutiny applications based upon the applicants names or political views rather than direct evidence of their involvement with campaign activities. The Subcommittee investigation also found significant program mismanagement, including years-long delays in processing 501(c)(4) applications; inappropriate, intrusive, and burdensome questioning of groups; and poor communication and coordination between IRS officials in Washington and Cincinnati. At the same time, like TIGTA, the Subcommittee investigation found no evidence of IRS political bias in selecting 501(c)(4) applications for heightened review, as distinguished from using poor judgment in crafting the selection criteria. Based on investigative work that went beyond what TIGTA examined, the Subcommittee investigation also determined that the same problems affected IRS review of 501(c)(4) applications filed by liberal groups."
To be clear, I expect you will ignore these inconvenient findings and continue to lie about them. If we've learned nothing else about you in this story, it's that once you commit to a lie, there is no amount of factual evidence in the world that can get you to correct yourself.
For example, will you ever show the integrity to admit you lied when you insisted,
"The Obama administration has claimed that sixty percent of the groups targeted ... were not conservative groups?"
Which is why for thirty-five years the IRS has NOT taken the tact that these donations are taxable gifts. However, after the landmark SCOTUS decision President Obama called for war and the IRS responded. ...
Yes, yes, we know. The IRS suddenly decided it should start enforcing the law. Completely inappropriate ... if you're a corrupt political group or a party toady that cheers corruption.
By the way, according to some of the emails recently disclosed, the real impetus for this was the tremendous impact of the
Citizens United ruling. When the realm of 501(c)(4)s was mostly true civic groups, animal shelters, park renovations, and that sort of thing, the dollars were generally small and the motives generally pure. Gift taxes made little sense. With
Citizens United, 501(c)(4)s were quickly co-opted as a tool for funneling piles of dirty dollars into politics anonymously. Gift taxes, already legal, suddenly also became worthwhile.
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